9 Jonathan Gets Better, and Lucy, Worse

CHAPTER 9 Jonathan Gets Better, and Lucy, Worse How bittersweet! And yet, also, what sadness. Mina had finally heard some word about Jonathan, in the form of a note from Mr. Hawkins, Jonathan's boss. According to the note, Jonathan had been ill in a hospital in Budapest for the past six weeks. Unable to communicate clearly, he had been suffering from some sort of brain fever, raving about wolves and poison and

第九章乔纳森好了，露西坏了，真是苦乐参半！然而，又是多么悲伤啊。 米娜终于从乔纳森的老板霍金斯先生那里听到了一些关于乔纳森的消息。 根据这份照会，乔纳森过去六周一直在布达佩斯的一家医院生病。 由于无法清晰地与人交流，他患上了某种脑炎，对狼、毒药和

blood, about ghosts and demons. The nurses had not known quite what to make of it, but they were patient with him, and nursed him back to health. Mina left for Budapest at once. When she arrived at the hospital and saw her fiancé, she almost gasped. Jonathan was incredibly weak and pale. "Oh, Mina," he said, starting to cry. "If you will still marry me, we can have no secrets between us. I cannot really remember what happened to me before I arrived here, but I know that I must have written about it in my journal. The nurses tell me they found it on me when I arrived." Handing her the tiny book, Jonathan said, "My secrets are contained between this book's covers. Read it if and when you must." Mina took the book and put it away without opening it. She agreed to marry

血，关于鬼和恶魔。 护士们不知道怎么回事，但他们对他很有耐心，照顾他恢复了健康。 米娜立刻去了布达佩斯。 当她到达医院看到她的未婚夫时，她几乎喘不过气来。 乔纳森非常虚弱，脸色苍白。 “哦，米娜，”他说，开始哭了起来。 “如果你仍然愿意嫁给我，我们之间就不会有秘密了。 我不太记得来这里之前发生了什么事，但我知道我一定在日记里写过。 护士告诉我，当我到达医院时，他们在我身上发现了它。” 乔纳森把那本小书递给她，说：“我的秘密就藏在这本书的封面里。 如果有必要，就读吧。” 米娜拿过书，没有打开就把它收起来了。 她同意结婚

Jonathan and they had the ceremony that very day, with him still in his hospital bed. They had wasted enough time! Meanwhile, back in London, where Lucy had returned when Mina had left Whitby for Budapest, Lucy continued to suffer from the strange dreams that had haunted her at Whitby. She could never really remember the details, but always woke up full of fear. Her face was growing ever more ghostly pale, and her throat hurt more and more each day. Arthur Holmwood, Lucy's fiancé, was very concerned and asked his friend Dr. John Seward to come for lunch to see what he thought. "Don't tell her why you are here," Arthur asked. John Seward could see that Lucy was very much altered. He told Arthur that he would like to write to his old friend and teacher, the great doctor and professor Van Helsing of Amsterdam. He knew more about unusual

就在那天，乔纳森和他们举行了婚礼，当时他还躺在病床上。 他们已经浪费了足够多的时间！与此同时，当米娜离开惠特比去布达佩斯时，露西回到了伦敦，露西继续遭受着在惠特比时一直困扰着她的奇怪的梦的折磨。 她从来没有真正记得细节，但总是充满恐惧地醒来。 她的脸色越来越苍白，喉咙一天比一天疼得厉害。 露西的未婚夫阿瑟·霍姆伍德很担心，就问他的朋友阿瑟·霍姆伍德医生。 约翰·苏厄德来吃午饭，看看他的想法。 “别告诉她你为什么在这里。”阿瑟问。 约翰·苏厄德看得出露西变了很多。 他告诉阿瑟，他想给他的老朋友兼老师、阿姆斯特丹的伟大医生兼教授凡·赫尔辛写信。 他更了解不寻常

diseases than anyone else in the world. Arthur agreed, and Professor Van Helsing came. He seemed concerned but would not yet say why. Rather, he asked for some time to think about Lucy's case. In the meantime he asked Dr. Seward to keep careful watch over Lucy and record every detail, however small. Lucy continued to get worse. When Van Helsing saw her next, she was ghastly pale, with practically no red remaining in her lips and gums. Van Helsing frowned and pulled Dr. Seward into the hallway. "We must give her a blood transfusion at once!" he cried. Arthur volunteered to donate the blood and, within minutes, life returned to Lucy's cheeks. She sighed and moved her head slightly. The collar of her nightdress moved to reveal the red marks on her throat. Seeing the marks, Van Helsing inhaled so quickly that his breath sounded like a hiss.

比世界上任何人都更容易生病。 阿瑟同意了，范赫尔辛教授来了。 他似乎很担心，但还没有说出原因。 相反，他要求花点时间考虑一下露西的情况。 与此同时，他问医生。 苏厄德要严密监视露西，记录下每一个细节，无论多么微小。 露西的病情继续恶化。 当范赫尔辛再次见到她时，她脸色惨白，嘴唇和牙龈几乎没有红色。 范赫尔辛皱起眉头，拉了拉医生。 苏厄德走进走廊。“我们必须马上给她输血！”他喊道。 阿瑟自愿献血，几分钟后，露西的脸颊又恢复了活力。 她叹了口气，轻轻地摇了摇头。 她睡衣的领子动了一下，露出了她喉咙上的红印。 看到这些痕迹，范赫尔辛迅速吸了一口气，他的呼吸听起来像嘶嘶声。

Arthur didn't notice, but Dr. Seward did. He waited until he was alone with Van Helsing to ask, "What do you make of those marks on her throat?" "I am not ready to answer just yet," Van Helsing said. "I must go back to Amsterdam tonight and consult my books. You must remain here all night and not let her out of your sight." He grabbed Seward's arm. "I mean it. You must not sleep. I will be back soon, and then we can begin." "Begin what?" "You shall see." The men agreed not to tell Arthur too much, so as not to cause him more worry. After all, they were doctors, better prepared for such matters. As instructed, Dr. Seward watched over Lucy that night and the next. Relieved by the doctor's presence, she slept like a baby. Between the blood transfusion and the rest, she was looking as good as new

阿瑟没有注意到。 苏厄德。他一直等到和范赫尔辛单独在一起时才问：“你怎么看她喉咙上的那些痕迹？”“我还没准备好回答，”范赫尔辛说。 “我今晚必须回阿姆斯特丹去查阅我的书。 你要在这里过夜，不要让她离开你的视线。” 他抓住苏厄德的胳膊。“我是说真的。 你不能睡觉。我很快就回来，然后我们就可以开始了。” “就什么?”“你等着瞧吧。” 他们同意不告诉亚瑟太多，以免让他更担心。 毕竟，他们是医生，对这种事情有更充分的准备。 按照指示，苏厄德医生那天晚上和第二天晚上照看着露西。 医生在场使她松了口气，她睡得像个婴儿。 在输血和其他治疗之间，她看起来和新的一样好

after only two days. Poor Dr. Seward, however, was a different story. On the third day Lucy took his hand. "No sitting up tonight for you. You look horrible, completely worn out. And as you can see, I am quite well again." Dr. Seward hesitated, but he was so tired, and Lucy promised she would sleep in the room just next door to his with the door open so that he could hear her if she needed anything. Dr. Seward was shaken awake the next morning by a frowning Van Helsing. "How is our patient?" he asked. "She was fine last night," Dr. Seward said. The two men went to check on her. Pulling open the blinds in the next room, both drew back to see Lucy more horribly white and weak looking than she had been two days earlier. She seemed to have barely a drop of blood left in her body.

才过了两天。可怜的博士。 然而，苏厄德是一个不同的故事。 第三天，露茜握住他的手。 “今晚你不能熬夜了。 你看起来很糟糕，完全筋疲力尽了。 你也看到了，我已经完全康复了。” 西厄德医生犹豫了一下，但他太累了，露西答应睡在他隔壁的房间，门开着，这样他需要什么东西时就能听到。 第二天早上，西沃德医生被范赫尔辛的皱眉摇醒了。 “我们的病人怎么样了？”他问。 “她昨晚很好。” 苏厄德说。那两个人去看她。 拉开隔壁房间的窗帘，两人都退了回去，只见露茜比两天前更苍白、更虚弱。 她身上似乎只剩下一滴血了。